For those struggling with discipline

[Someone here]

One thing that has really helped me abstain from smoking, porn , alcohol, junk food, is accepting reality, and the reality is that these things give pleasure but for a moment and then it is gone, and in return they slowly steal away your very life. Eat a bar of chocolate, how long does it last, it tastes good for the 10 minutes you are eating it but then what happens after all the pleasure passes your mouth, it goes to your stomach and poisons you. Stop living life for temporary pleasures, embrace something real and lasting, maybe that is God who never passes away and will always be there, just something for you to consider.

Edited November 8, 2021 by Someone here

[Carl-Richard]

As awareness increases, you naturally gravitate towards healthy behaviors. You become acutely aware of how your body feels when it ingests poison. You can also feel the impermanence of sensory pleasures (not as thought, but as feeling).

[Someone here]

1 hour ago, Carl-Richard said:

As awareness increases, you naturally gravitate towards healthy behaviors. You become acutely aware of how your body feels when it ingests poison. You can also feel the impermanence of sensory pleasures (not as thought, but as feeling).

Yep. 

[Guest EmptyVase]

@Someone here

So the impermanence of addiction clicked for you, huh? Amazing. 

[Someone here]

@EmptyVase thanks.  Yeah it took me some introspective work though. 

[hyruga]

https://youtu.be/NbMptZ4ahuI

 

Edited December 22, 2021 by hyruga